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July 15, 2025 Industry News Rio Tinto Announces Simon Trott As New Chief Executive The Board of Rio Tinto has appointed Simon Trott to succeed Jakob Stausholm as Chief Executive, with effect from 25 August 2025. Simon, currently Iron Ore Chief Executive, has a track record of exceptional delivery over 25 years in roles across […]
July 18, 2025 Steel Market Summary – Australia Green Steel At The Centre Of Sino-Australia Relations The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has emphasised the pursuit of green steel and decarbonisation as vital in strengthening the bond between our two countries, during his six-day visit to China. Specifically, in a visit which was saw Mr Albanese […]
June 24, 2025 Industry News Rio Tinto And Hancock Prospecting To Develop Hope Downs 2 Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting will invest US $1.6 billion (Rio Tinto share $0.8 billion) to develop the Hope Downs 2 iron ore project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The Hope Downs 2 project, to mine Rio Tinto and Hancock […]
July 6, 2025 New Zealand News Signs Of A Steel Floor, But Winter Headwinds Persist The New Zealand steel industry enters the winter months, its least active period, still shadowed by a prolonged downturn in construction and manufacturing. However, early indicators suggest a tentative recovery may be emerging. Construction remains the industry’s primary demand driver, […]
July 6, 2025 Steel Market Summary – International Uncertainty Rules As Tariffs Pause Reaches Its End All participants in the global steel industry are anxiously awaiting the July 9 end to the 90-day pause Donald Trump placed on his worldwide `reciprocal´ tariffs. As well as a 25% tariff on steel and aluminium products, plus a […]
July 6, 2025 Steel Market Summary – Australia Whyalla Steelworks Under The Global Spotlight The South Australian Premier, Peter Malinauskas, has announced there are now at least 33 parties interested in acquiring the Whyalla Steelworks, the majority of them based overseas. Previously, KordaMentha, the administrator to the steelworks, had said there were up to 12 […]
June 23, 2025 Industry News Eight InfraBuild Reinforcing Sites Now SSA Level 2B Certified InfraBuild Reinforcing has recertified its Carole Park (Qld) and Noble Park (Vic) sites to Level 2B under the Steel Sustainability Australia (SSA) scheme. They join the six other sites – Eagle Farm, St Marys, Sunshine, Canberra, Cavan and Forrestfield – which […]
June 16, 2025 Industry News Vulcan Steel CEO Transition And Board Update Vulcan Steel Limited advises that its long-serving chief executive officer (CEO), Rhys Jones, has informed the Board of his intention to retire from the role after 19 years of dedicated leadership. The Board is pleased to announce that Gavin Street will be appointed […]
June 17, 2025 Industry News NeoSmelt Welcomes Federal Government Support & Two New Partners NeoSmelt, a consortium of leading resources, energy and manufacturing companies working on ways to produce lower-emissions steel from Pilbara iron ore, welcomes Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) support for its planned Western Australian pilot plant. The consortium, founded by BlueScope, BHP […]
June 19, 2025 Steel Market Summary – Australia Whyalla Fights For Survival As GFG Spirals The South Australian Government has set aside another $384 million in the next financial year to keep the Whyalla Steelworks operational. The extra money has been allocated on the basis that the federal government will cover half the cost, according […]
